today at lunch, a coworker and i were talking and we got on the subject of one of his sisters who is overprotective of him and hard on his girlfriend. i told him about how joe’s sister and i didn’t get along at first and how at my wedding i kept thinking, what if she objects?
that, of course, brought up the question, what would you do if someone objected at your wedding? kevin said he would probably put it off for a couple of weeks. i honestly can’t remember if our officiants asked that question, but if they had i don’t really know what i would have done if someone had objected. once the shock wore off, i’m sure we would have moved forward with the ceremony, but that definitely would create a rift between us and the person who objected.
at most weddings i’ve been to the officiant said, “if anyone objects to this union speak now or forever hold your peace,” but you never expect anyone to say anything. i don’t even know what i would think if i was at a wedding and that happened. so now i’m throwing this question at you guys. what would you do if someone objected at your wedding?
I seriously have no idea. That’s a good question. I can’t think of anyone who would have objected ~ except for maybe my dad! LOL! 🙂 I think that we would have gone ahead with the ceremony.
I’m pretty sure that we didn’t even pose the question. My husband’s side of the family is too full of jokesters for me to even consider it, and I didn’t really care if anyone objected, anyway!
We also did not have candles at the tables due to the high jokester quotient.
My pastor purposefully does nt ask this traditional question during ceremonies because in his words, “Nothing good come sout of it, only heartache and grief.” I couldn’t agree with him more. I think it is an asinine thing to ask at a wedding.
I would die! I would also be MAD at the objector. I mean if they hated my Petey then why not tell me personally in private so I could have told them to Mind Thier Own Business! LOL Seriously I would tell them to leave then. I wouldn’t stop my wedding.
We didn’t include that question in our wedding ceremony. Actually, I don’t recall having heard that question at a real wedding since I was a kid.
Oh yeah…I didn’t answer the question….if I had used that question and someone had objected…I’d have had them thrown out…swiftly.
umm I had my pastor leave it out… I didn’t trust Jeremy’s parents lol… they still had issues with me lol…
The objection part is kind of a weird part of the wedding tradition, isn’t it?
No one would object to my lurve with AS. His family KNOWS I am the best thing that ever happened to him. Just kidding. But they do tolerate me.